EM-DAT Ghana: Natural Disaster Impact and Economic Loss Statistics

Natural hazard impact data for Ghana categorized by year and disaster subtype. Produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), the records track fatalities, affected populations, and economic losses.

Use Cases

• Analyzing total number of deaths by disaster subtype to identify the most lethal natural hazards in Ghana
• Modeling economic losses (adjusted) over time to evaluate the long-term financial burden of disasters
• Assessing total number of people affected per year to determine historical humanitarian aid requirements

Strengths

• Includes both original and adjusted economic loss values for accurate temporal comparisons
• Granular hazard classification using disaster subtype labels
• HXL-compliant formatting for seamless integration with other HDX humanitarian datasets

Limitations

• Geographic scope is restricted to Ghana, preventing regional West African comparisons without additional data
• Economic loss metrics are subject to reporting gaps common in disaster impact databases

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Geography

Ghana